“Cool. I see you’ve got your stuff.” Nadine walked over to the desk and grabbed the laptop bag, slipping the laptop into it, along with a notebook and pens. She ran her fingers over the spines of the books before picking up two of them and placing them in the bag. “That should be everything you need for now. We should head to the lecture hall—I’m sure you don’t want the awkward attention of walking in late.”

“Absolutely not!” Caroline grabbed her jumper from where ...